Raeini breed is the most productive Cashmere goat in Iran. Helminthes infections cause major economiclosses globally to the livestock industries and farming communities. The objective of this study was todetermine the seasonal prevalence and intensity of Eimeria and gastrointestinal helminth parasitic infectionsin Raeini goats in Iran. A total of 438 faecal samples were randomly taken from clin...

BACKGROUND: Cardiac Troponin I (cTnI) is known as a cardiac biomarker in determining the myocardial damage of diseases which affect the heart muscle. OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the serum cTnI concentration in Markhoz Breed goats suffering selenium (Se) deficiency and its correlation with electrocardiographic parameters, and activity of creatine kinase (CK) and aspartate aminotransf...

The aim of this study was to define breeding goals and determine the suitable selection index in Rayeni cashmere goat using simulated data. To select animals for increased quantity of meat, milk and cashmere produced, body weight of the doe (BWD), milk weight (MW), cashmere weight (CW), weight of kids for sale (WK) and number of kids for sale per doe (NK) was used as selection criteria. Four se...

This study was conducted to determine the genetic relationships among and population history of four Nigerian indigenous goat populations. A total of 200 goats from three breeds namely Sahel (60), Red Sokoto (60), West-African dwarf (60) and Kano Brown, a strain (20), were used for the study. Tissue samples were collected from the ear of animals using an Allflex® ear punch tissue sample collect...

Omphalocele is a rare congenital condition where closure defects in the abdominal wall at umbilical ring lead to protrusion of intestinal or other visceral organs, covered by thin epithelial layer. The developmental mechanism this not fully understood, and various theories have been proposed explain it. This study presents case omphalocele newborn female black goat kid, detailing its clinical p...